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RIAA awards Responsible Investment Certification to Mirova fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has awarded Responsible Investment Certification to Mirova 's Global Sustainable Equity Fund. Simon O'Connor, CEO RIAA Mirova is the sustainable investment affiliate manager to Natixis Investment Managers. The ...

Climate risk assessment impacts on small, mid-cap portfolios: Fairlight AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... willing to pay a premium for businesses with a demonstrably positive ESG record. The most prominent ESG consideration in equity markets today is the corporate contribution to greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). In the same manner that insurance companies ...

Questions raised over governance implications of share buyback schemes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... novel coronavirus. Further, if companies bought their own shares back at a market peak and then tap capital markets for new equity in this time of crisis, they are diluting their current shareholders' value to pay past one, Berrutti said. "If a company ...

PGIM charts rise of corporate "profit with purpose" mindset

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... of companies in the U.S., Germany and China, and found that 55% of German firms consider "a range of stakeholders beyond equity holders and short-term profit maximization" compared to 38% and 30% of firms in China and the U.S., respectively. "It means ...

AXA IM develops carbon footpath strategy based on forward climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... Investment Managers. Kathryn McDonald, director of investment strategy, AXA Rosenberg AXA Investment Managers has found listed equity companies are globally responsible for an estimated 18 gigatonnes of direct emissions from owned or controlled sources1 ...

Energy Super taps Robeco for $650m enhanced indexing mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
Energy Super has selected Robeco for a $650 million global equity enhanced indexing mandate incorporating sustainability criteria. Stephen Dennis, Robeco Australia head Robeco's enhanced indexing strategy "aims to deliver better than market returns ...

FTSE Russell hires head of sustainable investment, Asia Pacific

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... Prior to joining FTSE Russell, Fung worked for a family office in Asia where her responsibilities included ESG integration, equity analysis and advising on philanthropy. She has worked as an expert in ESG and sustainable investment since 2008, including ...

Integrating ESG considerations in securities lending programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... will want to vote on all equities with no exceptions, Snowdon said. "Others will be happy to vote on a percentage of each equity, or on contentious votes only, or in certain markets, or a combination. A securities lending agent such as Northern Trust ...

Comment: hindsight is 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... companies involved in thermal coal. At the same time it's worth noting that in 2015, one of the most profitable private equity investments involved the purchase of the Vale Point power station in NSW for $1 million, which is now earning over $2.5m per ...

Amundi reports increased demand for fixed income ETFs, ESG integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... global head of ETF, indexing and smart beta sales. "It is true that most clients are familiar with well known, plain-vanilla equity ETF, and for the last 5 years, we have observed a strong growth the fixed income market, specifically cooperate, high ...